Re: [PATCH v3 09/15] KVM: nSVM: Use KVM-governed feature framework to track "TSC scaling enabled"

From: Yuan Yao
Date: Wed Aug 16 2023 - 02:36:48 EST


On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 01:36:47PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Track "TSC scaling exposed to L1" via a governed feature flag instead of
> using a dedicated bit/flag in vcpu_svm.
>
> Note, this fixes a benign bug where KVM would mark TSC scaling as exposed
> to L1 even if overall nested SVM supported is disabled, i.e. KVM would let
> L1 write MSR_AMD64_TSC_RATIO even when KVM didn't advertise TSCRATEMSR
> support to userspace.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/governed_features.h | 1 +
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 2 +-
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 10 ++++++----
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h | 1 -
> 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/governed_features.h b/arch/x86/kvm/governed_features.h
> index 722b66af412c..32c0469cf952 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/governed_features.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/governed_features.h
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ KVM_GOVERNED_X86_FEATURE(GBPAGES)
> KVM_GOVERNED_X86_FEATURE(XSAVES)
> KVM_GOVERNED_X86_FEATURE(VMX)
> KVM_GOVERNED_X86_FEATURE(NRIPS)
> +KVM_GOVERNED_X86_FEATURE(TSCRATEMSR)
>
> #undef KVM_GOVERNED_X86_FEATURE
> #undef KVM_GOVERNED_FEATURE
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
> index 9092f3f8dccf..da65948064dc 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
> @@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ static void nested_vmcb02_prepare_control(struct vcpu_svm *svm,
>
> vmcb02->control.tsc_offset = vcpu->arch.tsc_offset;
>
> - if (svm->tsc_scaling_enabled &&
> + if (guest_can_use(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_TSCRATEMSR) &&
> svm->tsc_ratio_msr != kvm_caps.default_tsc_scaling_ratio)
> nested_svm_update_tsc_ratio_msr(vcpu);
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> index c8b97cb3138c..15c79457d8c5 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> @@ -2809,7 +2809,8 @@ static int svm_get_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
>
> switch (msr_info->index) {
> case MSR_AMD64_TSC_RATIO:
> - if (!msr_info->host_initiated && !svm->tsc_scaling_enabled)
> + if (!msr_info->host_initiated &&
> + !guest_can_use(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_TSCRATEMSR))
> return 1;
> msr_info->data = svm->tsc_ratio_msr;
> break;
> @@ -2959,7 +2960,7 @@ static int svm_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr)
> switch (ecx) {
> case MSR_AMD64_TSC_RATIO:
>
> - if (!svm->tsc_scaling_enabled) {
> + if (!guest_can_use(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_TSCRATEMSR)) {
>
> if (!msr->host_initiated)
> return 1;
> @@ -2981,7 +2982,8 @@ static int svm_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr)
>
> svm->tsc_ratio_msr = data;
>
> - if (svm->tsc_scaling_enabled && is_guest_mode(vcpu))
> + if (guest_can_use(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_TSCRATEMSR) &&
> + is_guest_mode(vcpu))

I prefer (is_guest_mode(vcpu) && ....), so I can skip them more quickly LOL.
but anyway depends on you :-)

> nested_svm_update_tsc_ratio_msr(vcpu);
>
> break;
> @@ -4289,8 +4291,8 @@ static void svm_vcpu_after_set_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> kvm_governed_feature_set(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_XSAVES);
>
> kvm_governed_feature_check_and_set(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_NRIPS);
> + kvm_governed_feature_check_and_set(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_TSCRATEMSR);
>
> - svm->tsc_scaling_enabled = tsc_scaling && guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_TSCRATEMSR);

Not account "nested" is the reason of the benign bug.

Reviewed-by: Yuan Yao <yuan.yao@xxxxxxxxx>

> svm->lbrv_enabled = lbrv && guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_LBRV);
>
> svm->v_vmload_vmsave_enabled = vls && guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_V_VMSAVE_VMLOAD);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
> index e147f2046ffa..3696f10e2887 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
> @@ -259,7 +259,6 @@ struct vcpu_svm {
> bool soft_int_injected;
>
> /* optional nested SVM features that are enabled for this guest */
> - bool tsc_scaling_enabled : 1;
> bool v_vmload_vmsave_enabled : 1;
> bool lbrv_enabled : 1;
> bool pause_filter_enabled : 1;
> --
> 2.41.0.694.ge786442a9b-goog
>